TACCSTER 2024

September 23-25, 2024

Texas Advanced Computing Center

Pickle Research Campus | Austin, TX


The annual TACC Symposium for Texas Researchers is a meeting of scientists, engineers, scholars, and students from across the state of Texas who use, and would like to use, the Texas Advanced Computing Center (TACC) to advance their research goals.

This meeting will be an opportunity for you to showcase your ongoing research involving TACC resources, learn new and useful computing skills from a variety of tutorials, network with other Texas-based researchers, and hear information about the latest TACC systems and services. The meeting will be held in person September 23-25, 2024.

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Registration extended to September 13, 2024.

LODGING

TACCSTER will be held in the ACB building on the J.J. Pickle Research Campus (PRC) of The University of Texas at Austin at 10100 Burnet Road, Austin, TX, 78758. Lodging recommendations can be found here (hotels on Domain Dr. close enough to walk).

TACCSTER Proceedings

Search the TACCSTER Proceedings community and collections stored in the University of Texas Library Repositories.

Travel & Participation Stipend

To broaden participation in the TACCSTER 2024 symposium from around the State of Texas, we are supporting up to six Travel and Participation Awards for up to $1,500 each. The awards are intended to cover registration, travel, and accommodation expenses incurred for attending TACCSTER 2024 in Austin. Award recipients will be expected to give a 15-20 minute talk on their TACC-related work in a dedicated session at the symposium.

Eligibility
The Travel & Participation Awards are available to Undergraduate and Graduate Students who will be enrolled in institutions of higher education in the State of Texas at the time of the symposium. Priority will be given to those who would not otherwise be able to attend without receiving the Travel & Participation Award.

To apply, please complete the Google form linked below, which requests:

  1. Your name, year/level of study (e.g. "3rd year graduate student"), and university/department affiliation
  2. A single PDF including:
    • A short abstract (max 300 words) containing a title, names and affiliations of all authors and coauthors, and description of the work you would like to present
    • A short personal statement (max 300 words) describing how it will be helpful to your future career goals to attend and present at TACCSTER

Please provide the abstract and personal statement in a single PDF file. All materials will be de-identified, then reviewed by a panel of scientists, scholars, and educators. The application deadline is August 9th, 2024 by 5:00pm Central Time.

Application Closed

Poster Presentations & Lightning Talks

TACCSTER is accepting abstracts to be considered for a poster presentation at the symposium. Abstracts should highlight original research or related activities performed on TACC systems (any field of study).

To be considered for a poster presentation, please complete the Google form linked below, which requests:

  • Your name and university/department affiliation
  • Co-author names and affiliations
  • A short abstract (300 words max) describing the work in a single PDF

Abstracts must be submitted by August 9, 2024. Presenters will be notified of acceptance by August 26, 2024.

Abstracts submitted for poster presentation will be assessed on their overall content, impact, and relevance to TACC. Limited exceptional submissions will be invited to give a lightning talk in addition to a poster. Lightning talks will be no longer than five minutes (slides must be e-mailed to taccster@tacc.utexas.edu by September 20, 2024). Poster presenters will be evaluated by a panel of judges on their overall content, impact, relevance to TACC, and the effectiveness of their communication. Select presentations will be highlighted on the TACC website following the symposium.

Submission Window Closed

One-on-One Sessions with TACC Experts

There will be opportunities for registered symposium attendees to meet one-on-one with TACC staff and domain experts. If you would like to arrange a meeting, please email a short summary (2-3 sentences) of your interests and what you hope to achieve from a one-on-one meeting to taccster@tacc.utexas.edu. Requests must be submitted by September 16, 2024. Meeting slots are limited and we cannot guarantee that a member of the TACC staff will be available.

Agenda

      Tutorials

      Speakers

      Special Sessions

      Logistics

Day 1: Monday, September 23, 2024

12:00pm Registration (pastries and light fare available)
1:00pm Containers for HPC Reproducibility: Building, Deploying, and Optimizing CUDA Programming: Basic Concepts in C and Fortran Modern C++ for Computational Science Reproducible ML Workflows and Deployments with Tapis
1:30pm
2:00pm  
2:30pm  
3:00pm  
3:30pm  
4:00pm      
4:30pm        

Day 2: Tuesday, September 24, 2024

8:00am Doors Open (coffee and light breakfast available)
9:00am Welcome

Joe Allen

Office of Campus Engagement
Texas Advanced Computing Center

9:10am State of the Center Address

Dr. Dan Stanzione

Executive Director, Texas Advanced Computing Center
Associate Vice President for Research, The University of Texas at Austin

9:40am Keynote: How HPC Revolutionized Storm Surge Modeling

Dr. Clint Dawson

J.J. McKetta Centennial Energy Chair in Engineering and Department Chair
Department of Aerospace Engineering & Engineering Mechanics, The University of Texas at Austin

10:10am Expanding the Frontera of Astrophysics: From Galaxies to Individual Stars

Dr. Stella Offner

Associate Professor of Astronomy
Oden Institute for Computational Engineering and Sciences, The University of Texas at Austin

10:40am Break (coffee and light snacks available)
10:55am TACC Special Session: Machine Learning at TACC

Juliana Duncan and Sikan Li

11:15am Detecting Stance of Social Media Posts Toward Truthfulness of Factual Claims for Social Goods

Zhengyuan Zhu

Computer Science and Engineering
The University of Texas at Arlington

11:30am Darkness Breaks the Silence: Effects of the December 2021 Solar Eclipse on the Earth’s Magnetosphere-Ionosphere-Thermosphere Using Geospace Simulations

Yu Hong

Department of Physics
The University of Texas at Arlington

11:45am Power in numbers: Emergent phenomena from increasing droplet size in biomolecular condensates

Caleb Huang

Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry
University of Texas Medical Branch

12:00pm Lunch (provided)
1:00pm Computational Investigation of Fluoride Export Proteins

Dr. Hedeih Torabifard

Assistant Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry
The University of Texas at Dallas

1:30pm Numerical Implementation of the Barrier Lowering Effect at Metal Surfaces

Pranay Kumar Reddy Baikadi

Materials Science and Engineering
The University of Texas at Dallas

1:45pm Lightning Talks 1
(odd numbered talks)
2:15pm Break (coffee and light snacks available)
2:25pm Poster Session 1
(odd numbered posters)
TACC Tours
Meet TACC Staff
Helpdesk
General Networking
4:00pm Happy Hour / Reception

Day 3: Wednesday, September 25, 2024

8:00am Doors Open (coffee and light breakfast available)
9:00am Opening Remarks

Joe Allen

Office of Campus Engagement
Texas Advanced Computing Center

9:10am Learn2Solve: A Deep Learning Framework for Real-Time Solutions of Forward, Inverse, and Uncertainty Quantification Problems

Dr. Tan Bui-Thanh

Associate Professor
Oden Institute for Computational Engineering and Sciences, Department of Aerospace Engineering & Engineering Mechanics, The University of Texas at Austin

9:40am Optical response mechanisms of DNA-carbon nanotube optical sensors to small molecule analytes investigated with computational methods

Sayantani Chakraborty

Department of Chemistry
The University of Texas at El Paso

9:55am Impact of Aerosol-Cloud Interactions on Weather Patterns: Insights from WRF-Chem SBM-MOSAIC Simulations Over Texas

Nima Khorshidian

Department of Earth and Atmospheric Science
University of Houston

10:10am Break (coffee and light snacks available)
10:30am Broadening Participation and Opportunity Through Innovative Programs

Rosalia Gomez, Linda Akli, Dawn Hunter, Tracy Brown, Sophia Massie-Perez, and Allen Antoine

11:15am TACCSTER Town Hall

Dr. Dan Stanzione, Dr. Kelly Gaither, Dr. Tommy Minyard, and Dr. John Fonner

12:00pm Lunch (provided)
1:00pm Lightning Talks 2
(even numbered talks)
1:35pm Poster Session 2
(even numbered posters)
TACC Tours
Meet TACC Staff
Helpdesk

General Networking
2:55pm Poster Award Announced
3:00pm Data Center Tours
One-on-One Sessions